page_title: Ali al-Asghar ibn Husayn
section_title: Commemoration
hierarchical_section_title: Ali al-Asghar ibn Husayn / Aftermath / Commemoration
caption_attribution_description: العربية: يقيم شيعة إيران مراسيم عزاء في شهر محرم من كل عام في كافة المدن والقرى. رغم أن كل هذه الطقوس تشترك من حيث المبداء ألا وهو تخليد ذكرى مقتل الحسين بن علي وأصحابه في كربلاء لكن نظرا لإختلاف وتنوع الثقافات ما بين سكان المناطق المدنية والريفية المختلفة ونظرا لتعدد الأقوام الإيرانية، تقام هذه الطقوس بأنماط وأشكال مختلفة.English: Iranian children wearing Keffiyeh in a shia ritual for remembrance of Ali al-Asghar ibn Husayn. Mourning of Muharram is held in majority of cities and villages in Iran by Shia Muslims annually. Although all sort of ceremonies are performed for Imam Hossein and his followers martyrdom remembrance, they have different styles and rules referring to various cultures.فارسی: کودکان ایرانی با چفیه در مراسم یادبود علی اصغر. شیعیان ایران هرساله اقدام به برگزاری آئین عزاداری محرم در شهرها و روستاهای ایران می‌نمایند. با وجود ماهیت مشترک همه آنها که یادبود کشته شدن حسین بن علی و همراهانش در کربلا می‌باشد، به موجب گوناگونی فرهنگی در میان اهالی شهرها و روستاهای ایران و همچنین اقوام مختلف ایرانی، این مراسم با شیوه‌ها و آداب و رسوم مختلفی برگزار می‌شود.
context_page_description: Abdullah Ali al-Asghar ibn Al-Husayn, or simply Ali Asghar, was the youngest child of Al-Husayn and Rubab bint Imra’ al-Qays. He was martyred during the Battle of Karbala, and is commemorated in shia as the "personified quintessence of the innocent victim."
context_section_description: Ali al-Asghar is buried along with his brother Ali al-Akbar and his father Husayn in Karbala, Iraq, which is now one of the most visited shrines in the world. Ali al-Asghar and his death are commemorated in various ways, including iconographic depictions, hagiography recitations (rowzeh), poetry (nowheh), replicas of Ali Asghar's cradle and grave, and dolls representing him. according to Shia ritual shahadat-e-Ali asghar is on 9th moharram night however, he was killed 71st before imam Husayn. During nowheh, women perform self-flagellating rituals (sineh-sarpay or aza-sarpay) in which they move around (sineh-dowr) a cradle replica and hit their chests with their hands. In Muharram ceremonies and commemorations, Ali al-Asghar is represented as an innocent child suffering unbearable thirst. His death is mourned at length in rawza-khani (recital of the Rawdat ash-Shuhada "The Paradise of the Martyrs") literature and in early ta'ziya (passion play) traditions, a complete majles was dedicated to Ali al-Asghar, with the infant's cradle a conspicuous element on the stage. Ali al-Asghar is also represented in Muharram processions and mourned in folklore.
caption: Iranian children wearing keffiyehs in a Shia ritual for remembrance of Ali al-Asghar ibn Husayn
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